A Riddling Tale
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A Riddling Tale is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales.[1]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 407, the girl as a flower.[2]
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[edit] Synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
[edit] Story and riddle
Three women were changed to identical flowers. One was allowed home at night and told her husband to pick and free her. He did so.
How did he recognize her?
[edit] Answer
The other flowers, having been in the field all night, had dew on them; the wife did not.
Spoilers end here.
[edit] References
- ^ Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, Household Tales, "A Riddling Tale"
- ^ D.L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"
